The appointment of committees and joint committees under s102 of the Local
Government Act 1972 is a legal requirement for councils in England, but
there is no requirement to inform the Audit Commission of these. We
therefore do not hold the requested information.

The information you are looking for could be held by the Local Government
Association ([1]www.lga.gov.uk) or perhaps the Department for Communities
and Local Government ([2]www.communities.gov.uk), but we cannot be
certain.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Allbon
Public Enquiries Officer
part of the Chief Executive's office

Further to my email yesterday, I have now been informed that we do hold a
small list of joint committees. We hold information about committees that
are audited by appointed auditors and who have a total annual spend of £1
million or more.

I will now collate this information and send it to you as soon as
possible.

Please accepts my sincere apologies for our initial oversight.

Yours sincerely,

Dan Allbon
Public Enquiries Officer
part of the Chief Executive's office